Well here’s a bit of fun news for me. Kyleen and her daughter are in town from Michigan. See, the daughter wanted to attend the really big nerd convention happening downtown this weekend. Kyleen obliged, which means I’m fortunate enough to meet up with her again. Last time I saw her was during the Japan tour in 2006, so it’s been a while now.
Well, while I had to finish work they headed for the convention and attended a few panels that interested them. I ventured over after to wait and while I was waiting I spotted a lot of people in costumes dressed as their favourite anime/sci-fi/comic book characters. I recognized two Sailor Jupiters, a Neku from the video game The World Ends with You, a Tidus from Final Fantasy X, and a group consisting of Mario, Luigi, Peach and Daisy. There were lots of other costumed people, but none really struck a chord with me. I’ve attended in 2005, and really once is enough for now. I haven’t had the urge to head back in and brave the nerd-dom. Although, I have to admit, watching the cosplayers is pretty interesting. Some of them are really intricate and match details really well–I can only imagine how long it would have taken to put some of these things together. In some cases though, I can spot a detail off in one or two locations, and it really detracts from the overall effect (e.g. the boots are supposed to be ankle-high green lace ups! WTF?). I guess most people wouldn’t notice such things, and applaud the effort. What, am I exposing my fanboy side? Pah.
Well, I got out of there and Kyleen and I went to the Korean Grill House to get stuffed and get drunk while the kids were enjoying the convention. Fun times, eh? We had to walk around a fair bit after eating just so we didn’t feel entirely gross.
Tomorrow should be fun. I’m going to drag her to the Ex. I have plans to eat shitloads while I’m there. Whoo!
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3 comments
kyleen says:
Sat. August 23, 2008 at 10:45 am (UTC -5 )
You forgot about the part where we ate a cow, half a pig, and a chicken at the Korean Grill House.
The fish was only there to add charred flavoring to our grill. *giggle*
It was fun, looking forward to today!
Black Prophet says:
Sat. August 23, 2008 at 5:30 pm (UTC -5 )
Fanboy you are. Know it you must.
Jay says:
Sat. August 23, 2008 at 9:28 pm (UTC -5 )
For some people that read this blog that are in the know, a mention of the Korean Grill House automatically draws the mind to the fact that it involves whole animals and fish that doesn’t want to stay in one piece.
And yes, Yoda, I am a fanboy–just a quiet one though. ¬_¬;;